Pad for shoe-shining foot rests



`Fam., 9j, 1923.

G. H.n RIVES.v PAD FOR-SHOE SHINING FooT REsTs.

FILED AUG. 23, 1921- 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2 INVENToR LU S ' y.MTORN'EY Patented dan. Q, 123.

Midi? Svtdpiii r. rrics.

.'LDAD FOR SHOE-SHNING FOOT EESTS.

Application ed August 23, 1921.

vices adapted to be used in conjunction with shoe polishing apparatus.

At public shoe polishing establishments it is customary to employ brackets having rests tor supporting the feet of persons while their shoes are being polished. These rests are usually made, ot metal, and owing tothe tendency ot the shoes to slip sidewise j back and t'orth on the rests the wearer is often considerably inconvenienced and trequently the person accomplishing the work of polishing is injured by the hands accidentally contacting with the cdges\oiA the metal toot rests.

My invention has tor its object primarily to overcome these objections by providing a pad of rubber or other suitable resilient material which in practice isapplied on the foot rests ot' shoe shining stands to obviate the liability of the shoe ot' a person when being polished from slipping on the rest, and which is of a form whereby the hands of the person doingjthe polishing w'ili` be protected Jfrom likelihood of injury by preventing'contact with the edges of the toot rest proper. This is accomplished mainly by providing a. pocket element having two integral resilient walls ot shapes to permit the pad to be removably applied to the toot part ot' the rest of a shoe shining bracket, and one of the walls is fiat to lie upon the top of the rest to prevent a'persons shoe from slipping when being polished while the other wall is substantially U-shaped in cross section tor covering the edge and the underside ot the toot rest for serving as a protector against the hand of the person accidentally contacting with the shoe when doing the polishing.

A further object ot the invention is to provide a pad 'For shoe shining toot rests of a simple and cflicient construction which may be made in any suitable size and shape.

With these and other objects in View the' invention will be hereinafter more fully de Serial No. 494,701.

scribed with reference to the accompanying drawings forming a-X part of this specification in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views. and will then be pointed, out in the claims at the end of the description, i

ln the drawings, Figure 1 is a fragmentary view showing an elevation of ashoe polishing stand witlrone form of pad embodying my invention applied theret0.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged top plan of the pad.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged inverted plan of the device.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional View taken on the line 4-4 ot' Fig. 3, and

Fig. 5 is an enlarged perspective view of the locking element used in the de'vice.

The device or pad has a pocket element 10 adapted to be removably applied\on the foot rest 11 otl the bracket 12 which is commonly used on public shoe polishing stands, as 13,

'and both the bralcket and' foot rest are usually made of metal of a size and shape whereby the shoe ota person tends to sli thereon when the shoe vis being pOlishe Moreover` it irequeiitly,happens that the hands ot' the person doing the polishing are injured by accidentally contacting with the edge of the metal toot rest especially in event ot the shoe slipping.

The pocket element 10` may be made of rubber or other suitable resilient material, and this element is Jformed with a Wallor plate. 14 which is preferably Hat having a. toe portion 15. a body port-ion 16 and a. shank portion 17. The resilient. plate 14 may be somewhat larger than the foot part ot the metal rest 11, and this plate may be ot a thickness to provide a suitable cushion, while its top tace may be ribbed or otherwise ronghened, as at 18. to cause the solo of the shoe when placed thereon to frictionally cling to the pad.

integrally Vtermed with the underside of the toe poitionl ot the. walll or plate 14 is the second wall 19v of the pocket element. rlhewall 19 is preferably Ushaped in cross section as weli as being approximately semieliptic in shape to provide a spanning member 2O and an edge wall or member 21 which extends jfrom the'spanning member to the plate 14. so as to embrace the edge of the toe part 15 ot the plate. The entrance, as 22. to the pocket .of the element 10 is thereby under the body portion' .16 of the :21 of the pocket element for serving as a protector to safegard the hands of the person polishing' the shoe from contacting with the edge of the foot rest.-

Thc plate 14 and the lil-shaped Wall 19 being preferably made of rubber with the Wall of medium thickness and this wall is strengthened by providing'on its edge at the pocket 22 a ri) 23, and to prevent tendencj,T of the Wall 19 from premature tearing or splitting from the plete 14e4 at the entrance 22 where the Well and plate intersect are provided two gussets, as 24 and 25, both made oit rubber of somewhat triangular shapes extending fronithe spanning member 2G of this Wall tothe plate 14 atthe ends of the member 210i the Wall. The resilient plate 111 is of a length so that its body portion '16 and shank portion 17 extends beyond the entrance 22 of the pocket, and the shank portion is adapted to be detachably fastened to the toot rest 11 by a. loc-king element, es 26.

The locking element 26 may be of any appropriate type, though the form of the locking element Shown has a. metal strep Q7 ot a shape 'and size to encompass the shank portion 17 of the plete 14C and the edge parts of the foot rest- 11.l The end portions of the strep 27 are bent right angularly centrally of the underside of the toot rest 11 to provide tivo spaced lugs 28 and 29 which'have registered holes therethrough. ln the registered holes o the lugs 25% and 29 is a bolt 30 'with e screw head 31 sdaited to be'inoved into engagenient with the leg 28, and the threaded end of the bolt protrudes beyond the lug .29.

nut, as 3Q, ndepted to be screwed into engagement with the lug: 29 of the strap '27' i' or moving' the lugs 28 and 29 toward each other which in turn will tighten the strap on the sha-nk part ot' the plate 14 of the perl and on the ifoot'rest 11. The shank part of the plete 14 of the perl will then be detachebly held to the foot rest 11 for serving to prevent tendency oi' the shoe. as 3251. of e person when being; polished from slipping' on thel foot rest es Well es serving io protect 'the hands oi the person doing the polishingr process from edge oi" thi 'footrest.

'n the 'l' going* description l have em bodied the pre-'towed form of my invention, "uit i do not i i to be Imdorstood :is limitl tir cto` as i am aware 'that niodmay he mede therein Without derrorn the principle or sacrificing any 0n this threaded protruding end of the bolt 39 is e contacting with the of the advantages of this invention, theretore, l reserve to myself the right to nia-ke such changes fairly fall within the scope thereof. i

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentz# e 1. A pad of the character described, coniprising a pocket element having two integral. resilient walls of shapes for adapting the pad to be removably applied over the foot part of the rest of a. shoe shining bracket and one or" the walls being flat to lie upon the top of the foot rest, while the other .wall is substantially U-shaped. in cross section vfor coveringT the edge and the underside of the foot rest, said upper Wall being adapted to be detachably 'fastened to the foot rest, and reinforcing -gussets et the entrance of the pocket element Where its walls intersect.

2. A pad prising a resilient Het plate having e body portion, n -t-oe portion and e shank portion, said plete being` adapted to be removably applied upon the top of the foot rest of a shoe shining bracket, a resilient pocket element on the underside ol" the toe portion of the plate for receiving the toe portion of the loot rest, said pocket element having a, substantially semi-elliptic side Wall protrudinny from the lplate for serving as a prorector by covering the edge of thetoe port of the jfront rest, and ineens adopted to detachably fasten the shank ot' the plate to the foot rest. y

3. A pad o'l the character described, coinprisinzgr a resilient fiat plete having a. body portion and a. toe portion. said plate being adapted to be removably applied upon the ltop ot the loot rest ot' shoe shining bracket, an ehtsnic porlcet element on the underside ot' the toe portion of the plate Vt'or receiving the toe part ot the toot rest, said 'pocket element having a wall spucedlrom the resilient plate and having a sidewall exten/.ling to the resilient plete Jr'or covering the edge ol the toe part of the. toot rest, o strengthening rih on the edge of the Wall of the pocket element spaced from the resilient plete, and elastic reinforcing; gussets at the entrance ol the pocket where its side walls intersect with the resilient plate. i

4. A pad of the character described, coinprisingr a resilient flat plate bovinsY n body portion. a toe portion and u. shank portion, said plete being adapted to be removably applied upon the top ot' the foot rest of u shoe shining braclmt1 un elastic pocket clorneul on the underside ol' the toe. portion ol the phite lor receiving.` the toc part ol the loot restA said pocket clement ham/ing' u wall spaced from the. resilient pluto sind havingr a side well extendingto the resilient plate for covering; the edge oi the too part ol the or' the chermter described, comi foot rest. a strengthening rib on the edge of the Willi of the poi-kot element spaced from the resilient plate, elastic reinforcing gussets at, the entrance of the pot-keb Where its side wall intersects with a separate strap adapted and over the font rest, and a bolt adjnstably connecting the ends of the-strap s0 that the the resilient. plate,. in be removably arf ranged over the shank of the resilient plate strap rnuy be tightened for detzxelmbly fast* 10 

